Micky Duck It always amuses me a bit when there's a post about disappointing velocity along with " I've had the barrel cut down to xx" Doing this with a cartridge optimized for a 22 or longer barrel...
Liked On: 16-11-2022, 05:20 PM
Don't use Beaufort for shooting, it is utterly useless for that. You can get far without a Kestrel. Shooters that sink their skill into Kestrels and calculators tend to miss out on practical...
Liked On: 28-10-2022, 04:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh6pXPb-7Jg This Vid was sent to me by a mate. Pretty useful in an easy to understand explanation. I've always found the uplift more challenging to allow for than...
Liked On: 08-10-2022, 09:42 PM
^^ The above comments about wind are a perfect example of why misses occur. You cannot see wind, only indicators of it. Wind is 3 dimensional, just ask any experienced sailor. Its like a big...
Liked On: 08-10-2022, 09:21 PM
Wind is a standard calculation in any shot. Wind can affect a shot at small distances too. Though i agree stalking is a most useful skill to have, so is knowing where your gun shoots in the wind....
Liked On: 08-10-2022, 09:19 PM
All scales that are not magnetic force restoration scales (e.g And and Sartorious), and are strain guage scales (basically all the rest of the digital ones out there) will give some level of drift or...
Liked On: 28-09-2022, 10:18 AM
I didn't have much money when I started and didn't know if I was going to like reloading so I started with a $30 Lee Hand Press, a $20 Lee perfect powder measure and a few other bits and bobs. It...
Liked On: 24-09-2022, 11:56 AM
A post on a Forum proves nothing. Show me the original information from Hodgdons. Still nothing on their website. GPM.
Liked On: 02-09-2022, 11:10 AM
Had good results with these guys too Mr Positive (https://www.mrpositive.co.nz/)
Liked On: 07-07-2022, 02:00 PM
My cartridge is better than yours because I have bullets and powder for it.
Liked On: 03-07-2022, 12:18 PM
Now on this Friday night (after a few beers), I just want to tell you all that my favourite NZ deer cartridge is so vastly superior to yours that I will preach its virtues at the top of my lungs at...
Liked On: 03-07-2022, 12:18 PM
Magnetite, there aren't really any industry wide conventions or standards. Scopes don't all dial the same. Several euro scopes dial the opposite way than some of the US ones. Ballistic solvers...
Liked On: 15-06-2022, 09:16 PM
If you are going to use one of those fancy doohicky phone apps just use the one don't chop and change. I just watched Norways latest video on wind it reinforces the simple things we seem to...
Liked On: 15-06-2022, 11:15 AM
FYI - Water capacity is supposed to be done using fired cases (fired in your rifle)
Liked On: 12-06-2022, 04:28 PM
One thing tho, the swede has more than enough room in the case. Finding a powder that has a flatter pressure curve that can help you fill the case more, that can really help with precision. Work up...
Liked On: 17-05-2022, 06:38 AM